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Support roles

To support Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service (DFRS) in Making Derbyshire Safer, skilled and professional people are employed in a diverse range of Support Service roles, the majority of which are based at our Joint Service Headquarters in Ripley.

Roles range from administrative to specialist technical, professional and managerial.

Support Service employees work in locations across the county of Derbyshire.

Some of our support roles:

BSA

BSA

Business Safety Advisor

BSA's Bio

CSO

CSO

Community Safety Officers

CSO's Bio

Support Specialist

Support Specialist

3rd Line ICT Systems Support Specialist

Support Specialist's Bio

Youth Officer

Youth Officer

DFRS Youth Team

Youth Officer's Bio

Technician

Technician

ICT Helpdesk Technician

Technician's Bio

Administrator

Administrator

Administration Network

Administrator's Bio

Our Support functions and roles include:

  • Corporate Financial Services;
    Financial Accountant, Finance & Tax Manager, Finance Officer, Payroll Systems Administrator, Business Intelligence Systems Administrator, Head of Accountancy, Head of Corporate Financial Services.
  • Community Safety which includes: Prevention & Inclusion, Protection;
    Community Safety Officer, Business Safety Advisor, Positive Action Officer, Youth Officer, Fire Safety Inspecting Officer, Head of Prevention & Inclusion, Inclusion Officer, Administrators.
  • Information Communications and Technology (ICT);
     ICT Helpdesk Technician, 2nd Line and 3rd Line ICT Support / Engineer, Head of Systems and Information, Senior ICT Support Engineer, ICT Change and Project Team Manager, ICT Projects Officer.
  • Business Intelligence;
    Business Intelligence Team Manager, Data and Performance Manager, Data Management Systems and reporting Technician, Performance Information Analyst, Risk Information Manager, Sharepoint Administrator, Technical Manager
  • Corporate Services; Property, Technical Services and Transport;
    Head of Property, Surveyors, Water Admin Officer, Operational Equipment Technician, Equipment Asset Management Officer, Transport manager, Transport Technical Officer, Administrators
  • Operational Training, Policy & Assurance;
    Driving Instructor, Joint Training Centre Facilities Manager, Technician OT Delivery, Training Facilitator, Administrators.
  • People and Organisational Development (POD);
    HR Services, Occupational Health (OH) Office Services, Corporate Communications, Service Development and Service Improvement.

Support pay scales 2022

SCP Salary Scale 1 Scale 2
1 £20,258 1  
2 £20,441 1  
3 £20,812 1 2
4 £21,189   2
5 £21,575 3  
6 £21,968 3  
7 £22,369   4
8 £22,777   4
9 £23,194   4
10 £23,620   4
11 £24,054   4
12 £24,496 5  
13 £24,948 5  
14 £25,409 5  
15 £25,878 5  
16 £26,357 5  
17 £26,845 5  
18 £27,344 5  
19 £27,852   6
20 £28,371   6
21 £28,900   6
22 £29,439   6
26 £32,909   SO1
27 £33,820   SO1
28 £34,723   SO1
29 £35,411 SO2  
30 £36,298 SO2 POD
31 £37,261 SO2 POD
32 £38,296 POE POD
33 £39,493 POE POD
34 £40,478 POE  
35 £41,496 POE POF
36 £42,503   POF
37 £43,516   POF
38 £44,539 POG POF
39 £45,495 POG  
40 £46,549 POG  
41 £47,573 POG  
42 £48,587 POH  
43 £49,590 POH  
44 £50,471 POH POI
45 £51,387 POH POI
46 £52,292 POJ POI
47 £53,175 POJ POI
48 £54,138 POJ  
49 £55,073 POJ  

Support Portfolios

Many departments and services exist to help support DFRS. Roles range from administrative to specialist technical, professional and managerial